Wittgenstein Research
There is a long tradition of Wittgenstein research at the Philosophy Department in Bergen that continues today with ongoing work being done both in the scholarly interpretation of Wittgenstein鈥檚 writings as well as in the application of his work to areas such as the philosophy of the social sciences, philosophy of mathematics, and esthetics. Much of the contact between Wittgenstein researchers in Bergen and the wider community of Wittgenstein scholars is mediated through the Wittgenstein Archives, which hosts a wide range of international scholars conducting research on Wittgenstein. Each year, the department hosts a number of guest lectures given by visiting international researchers at the Archives.
News
The Wittgenstein and Text Technology Research Group was recently awarded HUMEVAL funds by听the Humanities Faculty Univ. of Bergen, to further increase its national听and international visibility. The members of the group plan a number of听publications and events over the next four years (2019-2023), including听conferences and workshops on the relevance of Wittgenstein's thinking听for ethics, anthropology, artificial intelligence, epistemology, logic听and mathematics. There will be events commemorating 70 years since听Wittgenstein's death (in 2021), as well as 100 years since the听publication of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. (The first publication was in German in 1921, and in English in 1922.)
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Journal
The Philosophy Department is home to ),听an international Open Access online journal that was established in 2011听by the in cooperation with the Wittgenstein Archives at the University听of Bergen听within the framework of the听European Agora project.
The journal publishes original contributions on all aspects of听Wittgenstein's thought and work - exegetical studies as well as papers听drawing on Wittgensteinian themes and ideas in discussions of听contemporary philosophical problems. Each issue includes a peer-reviewed听articles section, an archives section in which seminal works are听re-published or where previously unpublished archive materials are听presented, and a book review section. In addition, most issues include听an invited paper and/or an interview. The journal is published by the听Nordic Wittgenstein Society.
The journal publishes two issues a year and occasionally special issues,听and it is currently in its eight volume.听In 2012 and 2013, the journal was edited by Alois Pichler and Simo听S盲盲tel盲 from the University of Bergen and from 2014 onwards, the journal听is edited by the NWS member departments in turn. From June 2017, its听editor-in-chief is Simo S盲盲tel盲.
